The “makers vs takers,” “the 99 percent vs. the 1 percent,” and “53 percent vs. 47 percent” memes are getting tiresome.
Obama thinks he has a mandate to raise taxes on high earners. Republicans think they have a mandate to stop him.
A mostly positive, but mixed, jobs report drops five days before Election Day
Another mostly disappointing report on the state of the economy.
While the conspiracy theory is nuts, there are legitimate reasons to be skeptical of some elements of September’s Jobs Report.
There is nothing wrong with healthy skepticism (which is different than outright denialism).
So, apparently there’s a shortage of the goop that turns coffee into a $4 pumpkin-flavored milkshake. And grown ass men are upset about it.
Within minutes after today’s Jobs Report was released, the conspiracy theorists began to come forward.
September’s BLS Report will likely be significant but, behind the numbers, things don’t look all that great.
A sign at a local Exxon station seemingly blames high gasoline prices on Barack Obama.
The biggest surprise of the Presidential race to date is the fact that Mitt Romney has lost the edge he once had on economic issues.
Newly released statistics indicate that the economy is slowing down and in danger of slipping into a recession.
A lot more people than expected are likely to be hit by the ObamaCare individual mandate tax penalty than previously thought.
Several recent polls suggest that Mitt Romney is losing the advantage he had over the President on economic issues.
Ben Bernanke thinks doing more of the same is just what the economy needs.
Spiegel has a photo gallery of novel ways to graphically illustrate the Euro crisis. My favorite:
Largely because they are resisting efforts to hold them accountable for their performance, Chicago’s teachers are leaving 400,000 students locked out of school.
Another bad jobs report threatens to undermine whatever good will the President had coming off the Democratic National Convention.
The Obama campaign’s 4.5 new private sector jobs claim is true, but only if you forget the first year of the Obama Administration.
Andrew Ross Sorkin says Facebook’s IPO was a debacle. Mark Cuban says this misunderstands the purpose of an IPO.
Some unpleasant news for the Democrats in a new poll.
Some surprising findings about how America’s undergraduates are paying for their education.
Technically, you don’t own your digital music files. That means you can’t transfer them to your heirs after you die.
The Obama campaign clearly does not want Americans to consider whether they are better off now than they were four years ago.
Paul Ryan pointed to a shuttered GM plant in his hometown as proof of Obama’s failed policies. The truth will make your head hurt.
Economic growth is the key to fixing many of our problems. Unfortunately, we’re not likely to see the kind of growth we need any time soon.
A graph on public debt making the rounds is being used to misdirect rather than clarify.
Mitt Romney visited an Ohio coal mine to promote jobs in the industry, unwittingly showing why a job in the industry sucks.
Jon Huntsman calls for an end to “unforced errors in immigration policy.”